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Old 12-02-2009 | 03:52 PM
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Default RE: Soaking an engine in antifreeze in a crock

The Dawn Power desolver cost about the same as any pump spray cleaner. $4 to $5if I remember correctly. I had to look around to find it, but when I did, i figure I had overlooked it at othere stores. It isn't in with the oven cleaners, but with the dish soaps if I remember correctly. The bottle looks like a blue windex bottle with the squeeze spray. Some hardware stores will have a household goods area that my carry it also.

It isn't the do all, end all cleaner though. It has a dificult time knocking off a really baked on coating of cator. It will dry out after being sprayed on the part if left to long. Frequent visits with a soft tooth brush are needed, as well as repeat applications. The instructions caution that it should go on a dry pan, so any water cleanup will have to include enough time to fully dry out, before the next application. With mufflers, this means the unless you plug the holes, you have to make sure the inside is dry also. The positive side is that it isn't toxic and will do a reasonable job. On a lightly stained engine it works well, it's just the run for five years and never cleaned ones that give it fits.

I've got a couple parts that need a cleaning and I'm going to try imercing the part in the Power cleaner in as small a jar as the part will fit in and then put this jar in my heated ultrasonic cleaner and see how that works. I'll post the results.

Don